Free COVID-19 testing
5/6/2021, 6 p.m.
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
• Thursday, May 6, 2 to 4 p.m., Eastern Henrico Health Department, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave., Eastern Henrico. Drive-thru testing.
Appointments are encouraged by calling the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or by registering online at https://bit.ly/RHHDCOVID.
Testing will be offered while test supplies last.
The Virginia Department of Health also has a list of COVID-19 testing locations around the state at www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/covid-19-testing-sites/.
Want a COVID-19 vaccine?
Call the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts COVID-19 hotline — (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to schedule a vaccine appointment.
Or contact the statewide COVID-19 Vaccination Pre-Registration System at vaccinate.virginia.gov or by calling 877-VAX-IN-VA, or (877) 829-4682.
The statewide call center is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week to help people pre-register by phone or to answer questions about the vaccine. The call center has English- and Spanish-speaking agents and a call-back service to help people in more than 100 other languages.
Additionally, TTY service is available to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
VaccineFinder.org also allows people to find nearby pharmacies and clinics that offer the COVID-19 vaccine
For more information: vax.rchd.com.
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts launched a new walk-up vaccination clinic at George Wythe High School this week that will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each Wednesday to vaccinate anyone age 18 and older without an appointment.
Another free vaccination site will open Friday, May 7, at Virginia Union University through a partnership with the state Health Department. The site is to operate through June 11. Registration is required at calendly.com/233/pfizer-1-vaccinations?month=2021-05.
Virginia State University also is offering inoculations through May 29 in collaboration with the Chesterfield County Health District.
According to state health data, 2.7 million people have been fully vaccinated in Virginia as of Wednesday, or about 32.6 percent of the population, while 45.5 percent of the population have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
State officials reported 663,538 cases of COVID-19 statewide on Wednesday, along with 28,688 hospitalizations and 10,844 deaths. Virginia’s seven-day positivity rate is 5.3 percent. Last week, it was 5.7 percent.
According to state data, African-Americans comprised 22.2 percent of cases statewide and 24.9 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 16.4 percent of cases and 6.4 percent of deaths.
As of Wednesday, Richmond reported a total of 16,868 positive cases, 796 hospitalizations and 258 deaths; Henrico County, 25,130 cases, 1,043 hospitalizations and 606 deaths; Chesterfield County, 27,415 cases, 948 hospitalizations and 426 deaths; and Hanover County, 8,003 cases, 282 hospitalizations and 155 deaths.